HI Stacys, Go for what you and your DH love. Don't worry too much about resale. As long as you are not doing something shocking most homes sell if priced right. If you love dark countertops-with light stained cabinets do that,if you prefer white painted cabs do that. Your the one living in your home, using your kitchen and spending your money so make it a place you love to spend time in. ~boxerpups Meanwhile here are light stained cabs and dark counters. If you want sometime else I am sure I can post it for you. This Old House Soapstone Google images Cabinet Inovations housetohome Craftman kitchen This Old House Ash Creek images cherry kitchen Cherry and Gray Kim Ammie Blue Tile HGTV Penchar 2 Bijpu blue green backsplash Kitchen 700 SusanJBlonMosaics Silver Brow UK

i did honey stained maple in our last kitchen (stainless appliances) but i really didn't like it at all when it was installed. the color was too close to the floor. they looked too similar. just something else to think about... good luck!

We're planning to remodel our kitchen and will be tearing out the white kitchen cabinets that were "on-site" built and are now falling apart. I like the look of white cabinets, but I don't like trying to keep them looking nice and clean. We have oak kitchen floors, stained a light golden honey color. When we first built the house 25 years ago, I thought I had to have white cabinets as a contrast to the wooden floors and that's why we originally went with painted cabinets. Now with the remodeling before us, I've been considering switching to stained, but am concerned about choosing a stain color that will complement the flooring. 'Seems most people are building with white cabinets these days and if they do have stained finishes, their floors are tiled. Am I making a mistake to consider stained cabinets with my oak floors? Any advice, thoughts, etc. are welcome. WIth only hubby and myself now living in the house, white cabinets might not be so hard to keep clean... except there are all of the visiting grandchildren who we dearly love! I'd also considered a compromise of mixing stained with painted cabinets. Ours is a large u-shaped kitchen with 2 islands. The only natural light comes from a large window over the kitchen sink.

I have always loved white cabinets but I also have always loved maple stained cherry or natural cherry cabinets. I have always loved the shaker look. Due to no window over my sink in the kitchen and not a lot of light, I want my kitchen to be bright and cheery so I finally decided to go with white cabinets. So far I am learning towards Shiloh's Polar White as I find it the perfect white as it is not too white but not too creamy. I had a golden oak bedroom set but in 2007 when the platform bed fell apart, I bought Durham Solid Maple Bedroom furniture with a Wesley Allan Headboard. I love the Sand White washed out finish. I love how bright and happy my small bedroom is. Well it is small for a Master Bedroom but still a decent size for me.